Minor
Grants (Up to £12,500)
Applications may be submitted at any time of the year.

Major
Grants (In excess of £12,500 with a normal upper limit of £40,000)
Applications, which are considered at the March Trustee Meeting
may only be made once a year in accordance with the timetables
published
by the
single Service Points of Contact.

Capital
Grants (over £40,000)
Allocations can be made at any time and have no upper limit and
projects can be considered for funding over more than one year.
Applicants should be mindful of the Trust's granting cycle (March
Trustee Meeting to approve grants, and
November Trustee Meeting to make forthcoming year's allocation)
as bids may be held to match this cycle.

Operational
Welfare Grants (Variable and funded from a separate special
allocation.)
Once an emergency has been declared, applications may be made
at any time without the requirement to follow the detailed procedures
for Major and Minor grants, which are shown above.

Special
Grants
In addition to the above grants, the Trustees may also, from time
to time, make other special allocations in order to meet unforeseen
requirements.

Who
is eligible to apply?

All
Ships/Units/Stations/Establishments and similar organizations
within the Armed Forces are automatically entitled to apply for
financial support from the Trust on behalf of regular serving
members of their organisation and those members of the Reserve
Forces with an operational commitment. Dependants of regular serving
members, although not eligible to apply in their own right, may
also benefit indirectly as part of the 'Service Family as a whole'.

But!
- all applications must be channelled through the single Service Points of Contact

Inquiries
about grants must always be made through Service channels and
applicants should therefore not submit their applications direct
to the General Secretary of the Trust.

How
are applications that will benefit more than one of the Services,
handled?

When
a project will benefit members of more than one Service, the 'strongest'
Service will act as the sponsor.

Application
Procedures

Detailed
instructions are published in the following separate Ministry
of Defence publications: